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  1. Tampa Council plans formal farewell for ‘toilet-to-tap’
    May 26• Tampa
    Chlorinated water flows over a weir at the Howard F. Curren Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant. Tampa City Council members indicated Thursday they will end a contract for the proposal known as PURE. The proposal called for using reclaimed water, essentially, highly treated wastewater, to augment the city's existing water supply.
  2. Supreme Court limits federal power over wetlands, boosts property rights over clean water
    May 25• Environment
    Michael and Chantell Sackett of Priest Lake, Idaho, pose for a photo in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 14, 2011. The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for the federal government to police water pollution in a decision that strips protections from wetlands that are isolated from larger bodies of water. The justices boosted property rights over concerns about clean water in a ruling in favor of an Idaho couple who sought to build a house near Priest Lake in the state’s panhandle.
  3. NOAA meteorologists released their hurricane forecast today. Here’s what they expect.
    May 25• Hurricane
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its 2023 hurricane outlook on Thursday. Forecasters are anticipating a near-normal season. An aerial view of mobile homes could be seen piled together after being swept off of their lots by Hurricane Ian on Dec. 4 in Ft. Myers Beach.
  5. A new hurricane season is near. In Fort Myers Beach, the old one never left.
    May 25• Hurricane
    A row of damaged and destroyed homes sits on Estero Boulevard on Fort Myers Beach. More than 5,000 homes in Lee County were destroyed during Hurricane Ian in September 2022, and another 13,500 homes received "major" damage, according to data provided by the county.
  6. 3 moments that made DeSantis a national figure
    May 24• News
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a political roundtable, Friday, May 19, 2023, in Bedford, N.H. The Florida governor is one of Donald Trump's main contenders for the Republican nomination.
  7. Yellowstone baby bison put to death after visitor picks it up, leading herd to reject it
    May 24• Environment
    A herd of bison grazes in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park on Aug. 3, 2016. Yellowstone National Park officials say they had to kill a newborn bison because its herd wouldn’t take the animal back after a man picked it up.
  8. Hillsborough drops boil water notice
    May 24• Hillsborough
    Tap water flows into a sink. Hillsborough County rescinded its boil water notice for 95,000 customers in south-central portion of the county.
  9. Red tide? Seaweed blob? Nope, scientists are watching a different algae off Tampa Bay
    May 23• Environment
    From above, Trichodesmium blooms can look like oil slicks or streaks of pollution, as seen in this image taken in July 2021 in the Gulf of Mexico.
  10. Hillsborough tells customers to boil tap water
    May 23• Environment
    Hillsborough County issued a boil water notice Tuesday for customers in south central portion of the county. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
  11. St. Petersburg man ensnared in tortoise, rare book caper has a tangled history
    May 23• Crime
    Joshua McCarty-Thomas, 46, of St. Petersburg, was arrested after authorities say that he stole two endangered Galapagos tortoises and a variety of rare books.
  12. Uptick in rain chances this week in Tampa Bay
    May 22• Local Weather
    The National Weather Service is calling for afternoon storms in Tampa Bay on Monday. Coastal areas may not see much rain, but more inland areas could see up to an in and half of rain, according to the Weather Service.
  13. Pressure grows for DeSantis to veto ‘attack’ on fertilizer bans
    May 19• Environment
    A dead goliath grouper is shown floating on the surface in 2021 in the Gulf of Mexico. That year, red tide killed thousands of sea creatures.
  14. Tampa’s $742 million question: How do we pay for parks?
    May 19• Tampa
    Robles Park on N Avon Avenue is one of 191 parks operated by the city of Tampa. A park master plan calls for upgrades to existing parks plus developing eight new parks and 35 miles of trails over the next 20 years.
  15. 15 things you’ll find in the budget Florida lawmakers OKed
    May 18• Politics
    A Burmese python moves through the grass during a demonstration by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in 2015. Among the 1,500 projects tucked into the record $117 billion budget Florida lawmakers passed this month is $3.35 million to expand efforts to remove Burmese pythons and other non-native fish and wildlife. The money also would go to “research and to assess risk and the efficacy of control efforts.”
  16. Hey Tampa Bay, where are our gorgeous purple jacaranda trees this year?
    May 18• Environment
    A bee hovers over the flowers of a jacaranda tree along Omaha Street in Palm Harbor.
  17. In New Tampa, what’s next for closed golf course? Neighbors have ideas
    May 16• Business
    The closed sign at the entrance to the former Pebble Creek Golf Club in New Tampa.
  18. Anna Paulina Luna to feds: Study dangers of offshore wind turbines
    May 15• Politics
    Wind turbines stand at an offshore wind farm in Britain.
  19. Florida environment groups, businesses urge DeSantis to veto ‘attack’ on fertilizer bans
    May 15• Environment
    Dead fish lay at the high tide line on Clearwater Beach in March during a recent red tide in Pinellas County. Critics of a proposed fertilizer ordinance study, who are urging a veto from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, say it would set back Florida's progress on water quality initiatives.
  20. USF professor sets record for longest time living underwater
    May 15• Florida
    USF medical researcher Dr. Joseph Dituri peers out of a large porthole on Saturday at Jules' Undersea Lodge positioned at the bottom of a 30-foot-deep lagoon in Key Largo. Dituri broke a record for the longest time living underwater at ambient pressure, his 74th day of a planned 100-day mission living submerged in the Florida Keys.
  21. Florida’s citrus production continues to sag, on pace to be lowest since 1935
    May 12• Business
    Oranges rot on the ground on Oct. 12, 2022, at Roy Petteway's Citrus and Cattle Farm after they were knocked off the trees from the effects of Hurricane Ian in Zolfo Springs, Fla.
  22. Full Weeki Wachee River protection gets boost from state wildlife commissioners
    May 11• Environment
    Weeki Wachee River advocates shared pictures of kayakers beached on the banks of the river with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission on Thursday. These activities, which were in areas not included in a zone the agency had proposed to protect, have been shown to damage river banks and trees.
  23. 500,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled from Clearwater treatment plant
    May 11• Environment
    Sandpipers wade into a section of the Stevenson Creek tidal estuary in Clearwater in this Times archive image from 2015. Raw sewage emptied into the creek on Tuesday after a piece of equipment malfunctioned at a city wastewater treatment plant.
  24. Florida-style summer afternoon storms expected to hit Tampa Bay area on Thursday
    May 10• Local Weather
    The National Weather Service is predicting stormy weather will begin in Tampa Bay Thursday afternoon. Inland areas of Hillsborough to Polk County have the greatest chances of rain in Tampa Bay.
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